Word: betweeners
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In a poll conducted in January 1966 by the Harvard student government, 62 percent of those polled voted to exclude women entirely; 19 percent voted to allow women inside only weekdays between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. and 19 percent voted to admit women at all times.
Perhaps the following passage, taken from the Jan. 15, 1949, Harvard Alumni Bulletin, best sums up the differences between Lamont then and now:
"There is a vast difference between being 18and 19 or being 21, 22 or 23, extraordinarily soif you've led a platoon or something like that,"says Foote who entered the college at age 21.
However, the separation between veterans andnon-veterans was not felt universally.
According to Gerry, the Yard, 300 years ago, was a utility lot covered in privies, animal pens, water pumps and even a brew house between Matthews Hall and Straus Hall.